May 14, 2001

STANFORD, Calif. -- Loyola Marymount defeated Brown University 9-5 to take third place in the first ever NCAA National Championships held at Avery Aquatic Center on Sunday. LMU took a 4-1 lead into halftime. LMU's Lucy Windes opened the scoring with a power play goal at the 2:13 mark in the first quarter. Jamie Kroeze tallied a first-quarter goal as well, giving the Lions a 2-0 lead.

Windes scored her second goal of the game to open the second quarter. But the Bears got on the board with the first of three goals from Noel Pacarro. LMU scored one more goal in the first half as Teresa Guidi found the back of the net in a 6-on-5 situation, giving the Lions a 4-1 lead at half.

Guidi scored again early in the third quarter to give LMU a 5-1 lead. Then the Bears rallied for two consecutive goals, closing the gap to 5-3. Jeanie Ward-Waller and Tori Barbata scored for Brown. Then Windes extended the LMU lead to 6-3 with just over one minute left in the third.

In the fourth, Brown had two goals from Pacarro while LMU had goals from Windes, Julia Wald and Kroeze.

Devon Courtney had seven saves for LMU in the goal while Brown's Keira Heggie tallied six saves. LMU finishes the year with a 23-7 overall record and Brown ended at 21-11.

Women's Water Polo (May 13, 2001)
NCAA Championship Game
Avery Aquatic Center
Stanford, Calif.
UCLA 5, Stanford 4
Team 1 2 3 4 Final
UCLA 2 1 1 1 5
Stanford 1 1 1 1 4
Scoring - UCLA: Coralie Simmons 2, Kelly Heuchan, Ashley Stachowski, Robin Beauregard.
Stanford: Brenda Villa 2, Margie Dingeldein, Anne-Marie Keenan.
Saves - UCLA: Jaime Hipp 6. Stanford: Jackie Frank 8.
Final Records: UCLA 19-4, Stanford 27-1.
Attendance: 1,832

Consoloation Game
Loyola Marymount 9, Brown University 5
Team 1 2 3 4 Final
Brown 0 1 2 2 5
LMU 2 2 2 3 9
Scoring - Brown: Noel Pacarro 3, Tori Barbata, Jeanie Ward-Waller. LMU: Lucy Windes 4, Teresa Guidi 2, Jamie Kroeze 2, Julia Wald.
Saves - Brown: Keira Heggie 6. LMU: Devon Courtney 7.
Final Records: Brown 21-11, LMU 23-7.

All-Tournament Team
First Team
Jackie Frank, Stanford
Ellen Estes, Stanford
Brenda Villa, Stanford
Coralie Simmons, UCLA
Robin Beauregard, UCLA
Lucy Windes, Loyola Marymount
Kelly Heuchan, UCLA

Second Team
Margie Dingeldein, Stanford
Jaime Hipp, UCLA
Elaine Zivich, UCLA
Jamie Kroeze, Loyola Marymount
Jenny Lamb, UCLA
Kristin Guerin, UCLA

Most Valuable Player - Coralie Simmons, UCLA

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